BlockGraves, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dawson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39842. The Survey maps it on the Shellman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Shellman quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Graves between 1992 and 2020, burning about 902 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 65 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-TERRELL-002 |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TERRELL-005 |
| 10 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-TERRELL-001 |
| 27 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TERRELL-001 |
| 22 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Graves in 6 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graves | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down near Graves. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graves | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in Graves. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graves | $1,000 | Trees were blown down on Highway 50 and Melton Mill Road. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Graves | - | Quarter sized hail was reported east of Shellman. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Graves | - | Significant amounts of hail at least quarter sized fell across a large swath of farmland in rural Terrell county. Reports on social media indicated that some farmers lost a significant amount of corn crops and blueberry crops with some total losses reported. Crop damage cost was estimated using $6000 per acre for blueberries and $882 per acre for corn and estimating that about 1000 acres was affected. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graves | - | Trees were blown down in the Graves area. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawson | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Doverel | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Belmont (historical) | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Yeomans | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Herod | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Oakville | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Chenube (historical) | 7.4 miles | 7 | |
| Parrott | 8.6 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356082. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.